Now a third and far more significant motivation presents itself: meeting these goals may be necessary to prevent the collapse of our civilization.

现在，第三个也是更重要的动机出现了：为了防止我们文明的崩溃，这些目标可能是必须要实现的。

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After the failure of Lehman Brothers, many of the world's largest banks feared the worst as the collapse of the housing bubble exposed investments in risky loans.

在雷曼兄弟破产后，许多全球最大的银行都曾担心出现最糟糕的情况，因为房地产泡沫的破裂暴露了它们在高风险贷款方面的投资。

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Correspondents in the city say the raids, one of them in daylight, caused the collapse of sections of the walls around the Bab al-Azizia military complex.

在该市的记者说，其中一次袭击发生在白天，导致阿齐齐亚军事基地周围的部分墙壁倒塌。

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But in the last twenty years, H.I.V.and the collapse of the Soviet Union helped raise death rates in thirty-seven countries worldwide.

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Probably a more important test of the portfolio was what happened around the collapse of the Internet bubble in 2000.

对这个组合更严峻的考验可能是,2000年那场互联网泡沫的破裂

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And Marc Bloch, when you read The Collapse of France, it's very interesting, interesting stuff.

还有马克·布洛克,如果你读《法兰西的覆灭》,都是很有意思的东西

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On 10 May a woman was pulled alive from the rubble, 17 days after the collapse.

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Second, BAE's owners, as opposed to its board, aren't weeping about the collapse of the deal.

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Just a day before the collapse, the building was briefly evacuated when cracks appeared in the walls.

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